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Scott Carson, president of Connexion and vice president of Boeing, explains how wireless surfing is making its way onto airplanes.
Intersil introduces chips that increase Wi-Fi signal's reach and reduce power consumption.
In recent months, wireless networks have received a boost as products based on the 802.11g standard--capable of 54Mbps--have come into the mainstream. Are you ready for fast wireless?
Intersil introduces chips that increase Wi-Fi signal's reach and reduce power consumption.
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802.11i is currently nearing completion and it adds two main blocks of improvements, improved security for data in transit, and better control of who can use a network.
A casual observer might have gotten the impression from last week's colossal Centrino launch--which the company declared was its biggest product introduction since Pentium--that Intel had just invented 802.11 networking and wireless hot spots.
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